Reconstruction:Proto-Indo-Iranian/káHmas

This Proto-Indo-Iranian entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Indo-Iranian

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kóh₂-mo-s, from *keh₂- (“to fly, flow, run”) +‎ *-mō (agentive nominal suffix) +‎ *-s (suffix deriving masculine acrostatic root nouns with lengthened o-grade nominative singular from roots).

Noun

*káHmas m

1. wish, desire

Declension

masculine a-stem
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*káHmas	*káHmā	*káHmā, -ās(as)
vocative	*káHma	*káHmā	*káHmā, -ās(as)
accusative	*káHmam	*káHmā	*káHmāns
instrumental	*káHmā	*káHmaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*káHmāyš
ablative	*káHmāt	*káHmaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*káHmaybʰyas
dative	*káHmāy	*káHmaybʰyaH, -ābʰyām	*káHmaybʰyas
genitive	*káHmasya	*káHmayās	*káHmāna(H)m
locative	*káHmay	*káHmayaw	*káHmayšu

Descendants

• Proto-Indo-Aryan: *káHmas
  • Sanskrit: काम (kā́ma) (see there for further descendants)
• Proto-Iranian: *káHmah (see there for further descendants)

References

• Rix, Helmut, editor (2001), Lexikon der indogermanischen Verben [Lexicon of Indo-European Verbs] (in German), 2nd edition, Wiesbaden: Dr. Ludwig Reichert Verlag, →ISBN, page 343